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Jess Cabrera Molina, Jr.

Jess Cabrera Molina, Jr., 75, from San Diego, California, passed away Sunday October 7, 2018. No services are planned at this time.

Jess was born on March 18, 1943 in National City, California, to Mary (Cabrera) and Jess Chavez Molina. Jess was a loving father and grandfather. He enjoyed having lots of friends and …read more

Jess Cabrera Molina, Jr., 75, from San Diego, California, passed away Sunday October 7, 2018. No services are planned at this time.

Jess was born on March 18, 1943 in National City, California, to Mary (Cabrera) and Jess Chavez Molina. Jess was a loving father and grandfather. He enjoyed having lots of friends and liked helping everyone. He was an open and outgoing guy. Jess played sports in high school; and that is what started his love of sports. He was a huge sports fan, especially for the Texas Rangers baseball team. Jess lived in San Diego until 2008 when he moved to Granbury, Texas. He worked construction and was very proud of the work that he did; especially when helping friends. Jess was preceded in death by his parents: Mary and Jess Molina, Sr., and brother: Robert Molina.

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Gary M posted on 11/27/18

While the cliche "one of a kind" is commonplace these days; Jess was the O.G. one of a kind guy. While I have countless stories that illustrate his "uniqueness', I will save them for a time in which, hopefully, we can gather in some fashion (together, online, spiritually, or... to share, expand upon, and enjoy Jess's influence on our lives.
Jess had the unique ability to communicate his heartfelt emotions through his eyes. Both eyes and eyebrows raised = this is interesting...(often transformed into a single eyebrow tilt that indicated his lie-detector was on full alert (I failed that scrutiny more than once....)
Jess was also the catalyst who's gregarious nature enabled friendships that I and countless friends enjoy today.
Describing Jess as "sincerely humble" would be an understatement (to
paraphrase Jess, "I'm just Jess".
...Oh yeah!!! Never call him Mr. Molina! According to him, that title was reserved for his father; Jess was "just Jess..."....
Lisa and Gina...you are living proof of Jess's absolute optimism and, more importantly, you are living legacies of a good man... and a friend who will truly be missed...but never forgotten.
Bernie, Kelly, and I would like to stay in touch.
My email is gm***ty@san.rr.com (connect the dots....)
My condolences to you on your, and our loss....

Gina Molina posted on 10/26/18

My Dad lived by these words "Yo Pase Aqui" it means "I Passed Here" .. And that's exactly what he did in this life.. He passed here with such a kind pure trusting heart. His personality made people instantly like him. I moved with my Dad in the early 80's when I was 14 years old. Those days living in Ocean Beach are my fondest memories with my Dad. He and I spent many times at the Padres games, he took me to a Harlem Globetrotters game, we went to a NBA game, a NHL game and we went to a could of Motocross events. We shared the excitement of 1984 when the Padres made it to the World Series for the first time against his Dads team the Detroit Tigers.
My Dad taught me how to throw a punch, how to throw a baseball, well showed me how the ball should be in my hand and how I should snap my wrist.
He was always good at explaining to me the how and way. We would be driving and he would tell me to listen to the vehicle shifting. That definitely helped me when I learned to drive a stick shift.
My Dad loved music and dancing. He would always show me how he could get down low because he had been a catcher when he played ball. I would just laugh and laugh.
So many happy memories. So many lives he touched. Stories from his life forever with me. Never in this lifetime can I say how much you'll be missed . Our endless conversations. You always believed in me and always let me be who I am. Every time as you would say "I love you and I'll be seeing you soon" We will see each other again.. I love you Dad always and forever.

Terry posted on 10/14/18

Rest in peace Jess, you earned it. Will miss all the stories you'd tell us...

Rob Verno posted on 10/14/18

Jess was a good man, He always had a story to tell and a joke to laugh at.
He will be missed by all that knew him.

Lisa Zimmerman posted on 10/12/18

So many memories. Going to the baseball games and sitting in the bleachers, stopping and getting a bag of peanuts from alpha beta before the game. Driving over the Coronado bridge cause we could. Hanging out and just talking and laughing. When he drove to texas to be with me when my ex left. Watching him make meundo. Oh and the popcorn popping, lol. Know matter what he always had my back with whatever decisions I made. He is my Dad forever.